Author: Larson Thebe
Banyana Banyana’s 2023 women’s World Cup squad is set to travel to New Zealand this evening, after a dispute with The South Africa Football Association, SAFA has been resolved. The announcement was made in a press conference at Hilton Sandton in Johannesburg on Wednesday, 5 July 2023. The Women’s Africa Cup of Nations champions expressed their concerns around appearance and bonus fees. SAFA and Banyana – who were supported by the South African Football Players Union (SAFPU), were at loggerheads over several issues, including the payment structure for the global showpiece. Other issues raised was the state of Tsakane Stadium for…
A group of 13 Springboks – including some of the first-choice players for the side – left on Tuesday night for New Zealand to begin their preparations and be fresh ahead of next weekend’s test against the All Blacks in Auckland. And Springbok captain Siya Kolisi joined them on the flight to continue his rehab and play a leading role with the side despite not being fit enough to take the field. Kolisi is still on his timeline to be ready with the Springbok side, but it was felt his leadership skills will be crucial in a week where the…
Former Kaizer Chiefs and Cape Town City forward Lebogang Manyama has been forced into early retirement due to an injury. The 32-year-old has been out of action since March 2022 after being released by Chiefs and there were rumours linking him to Cape Town City, however, there hasn’t been anything solid since the injury. The former Bafana Bafana midfielder released a statement on his official Instagram account, where he also stated that he was “miraculously misdiagnosed with Medial Collateral Ligament (MCL) and meniscus tears. “After being miraculously misdiagnosed with MCL and meniscus tears when in fact I had torn my ACL…
Kaizer Chiefs sent shockwaves through the local soccer fraternity on Wednesday evening, following the appointment of Molefi Ntseki as the club’s new head coach with immediate effect. The big reshuffle of the Amakhosi technical team sees coach Ntseki take over the coaching reins from Arthur Zwane, who returns to the role of assistant coach, together with Dillon Sheppard. “We would like to congratulate coach Ntseki and thank him for accepting this huge responsibility. “We know it’s not an easy task, but we believe his experience and knowledge will help us improve and achieve our goals as Kaizer Chiefs. “He has…
The brief rebellion led against the Kremlin by the head of the Wagner mercenary forces in Russia last week sent shock waves across the world. This was no less true in Africa, where some countries have, over the last decade, turned to the Wagner group for security support. Many states in Africa are contending with multidimensional insecurity. This includes violent extremism, terrorism, insurgency, banditry, communal clashes, sea piracy, separatist violence, kidnapping and oil theft. Non-state actors have entered the scene as security providers. As a coordinator of observations of organised crime in central Africa at the Institute for Security Studies…
Claudine Storbeck, founder and director of the Wits Centre for Deaf Studies at South Africa’s University of the Witwatersrand, explains what the move could – and should – mean for Deaf education in the country. What is the educational environment today for Deaf learners in South Africa? There are 43 schools for the Deaf across the country. Of these, 38 use South African Sign Language (SASL) as the language of teaching and learning. The aim is to ensure that the complete academic curriculum is taught. However, the anecdotal feedback we get from teachers of the Deaf suggests that they are…
Flyhalf Ruan Pienaar rolled back the years, kicking 10 points to help the Cheetahs clinch a pulsating Currie Cup final against the defending champion Pumas at Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein on Saturday night. Leading 18-11 at half time, the Cheetahs dug deep in the second half to repel a spirited Pumas fightback, holding on for a 25-17 win to claim their first Currie Cup title since 2019. The result marks the seventh time Free State have been crowned champions in the competition’s history. It was a tight first half as both teams manoeuvered for a territorial advantage. Pienaar and…
Black Leopards have announced that the club will once again compete in the Motsepe Foundation Championship (MFC) after successfully buying the status of All Stars FC. Lidoda Duvha as they are affectionately known, were relegated to the ABC Motsepe League after finishing bottom on the MFC log standings, at the end of the 2022-23 season alongside Tshakuma Tsha Madzivhandila (TTM) FC. Following their drop from the MFC Lidoda Duvha would’ve played outside the professional ranks for the first time in the PSL era. During a press conference held on Friday, Leopards confirmed that the transaction has gone through, and everything has been…
On Friday it was announced that the Titanic-bound submersible that went missing on Sunday with five people on board suffered a “catastrophic implosion,” killing everyone on board, US Coast Guard Rear Adm. John Mauger said Thursday. A remotely operated vehicle found the tail cone of the Titan about 1,600 feet away from the bow of the shipwreck, he said. Search and rescue crews remotely operating an underwater vehicle had discovered debris near the Titanic earlier Thursday, the day the submersible was expected to run out of oxygen. The debris was found by a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) associated with the Canadian vessel Horizon Arctic that…
The five people aboard the submersible that had been missing for days were killed when the small vessel carrying them to the Titanic wreckage site had a “catastrophic implosion,” the Coast Guard said Thursday afternoon. Members of a massive international search effort found a debris field in the general area of the Titanic earlier in the day, and it was confirmed to contain parts of the Titan sub. “The debris is consistent with a catastrophic implosion of the vessel,” Rear Adm. John Mauger, commander of the First Coast Guard District, said in a news conference. The debris was found about 1,600 feet from…